Mick Ronson
Well-Known Member
I think, if i were Plati, my concern would be that there's a loop between fan boards/new media that lazy journalists use to produce content. the AD has no influence over fan opinion that becomes "official news" when sports journalists use fan site info to create content....that ends up in the DP, Camera as "real news" that the casual fan, or Bronco fan treats as gospel. or (even worse) the staggeringly inaccurate (or selectively biased) info that national writers come up with having no immediate access to a situation ("the scandal", Tim Griffin's Texas honk-a-thon, for example)....the source of that stuff is usually fan boards which allow a national journalist to skate without making phone calls, making local contacts, or real research.
I have a couple former students who were involved in the sports shows at 1190 who felt that Plati kind of went out of his way to not treat them seriously. I remember one of them used the word "cold" to describe him. Barnett, they said, didn't love to do their stuff but was amenable and accessible while Plati was somewhat aloof. But, who knows? That's just second-hand stuff....I've never met the guy. I used to respect him a lot but lately the Hawk Pravda from him and Woelk have put me in the cynic camp.
I have a couple former students who were involved in the sports shows at 1190 who felt that Plati kind of went out of his way to not treat them seriously. I remember one of them used the word "cold" to describe him. Barnett, they said, didn't love to do their stuff but was amenable and accessible while Plati was somewhat aloof. But, who knows? That's just second-hand stuff....I've never met the guy. I used to respect him a lot but lately the Hawk Pravda from him and Woelk have put me in the cynic camp.
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